Re: orbits!!

>Since we seem to talking orbits ... put this one in and have a look.
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>ARSENE
>1 22654U 93 31 B 93217.89442270 -.00000049 00000-0 99999 4 0 4116
>2 22654 1.1889 123.9544 2934874 147.0825 232.2329 1.42202836 1282
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>Now THAT was an orbit !!
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>Bill...vk3jt
>Milawa, Australia.
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YES YES YES. Arsene and its orbit had a LOT of potential in terms of sat
operation. As I write this its just South of Suadi Arabia (I have a lot of
old 8088's that I use as tracking engines and I still keep that one plugged
in hoping it might come on) but the "window" its overhead is a truly
fantastic one.
This type of orbit has been tried two times in the HamSat history. Oscar IV
tried it (rocket failed) and then Arsene. It was used a lot by the DOD (the
orbit) with the IDSCP effort
A lot of small sats in near synch orbits that drifted small amounts every
day. If one died well there was another over the horizon.
The real failure I think of AO-40 is not the bird but the concept. We need
smaller sats and more of them.
Robert Oler WB5MZO
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